Picon, Antoine. <br/><br/>
Digital culture in architecture :  an introduction for the design professions / 
Antoine Picon. 
 - Boston, MA :  Birkhaeuser,  2010. 
 - 223 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Introduction --  People, computers and architecture: a historical overview : the emergence of the society of information ; The rise of computer epistemology ; Cybernetics in architecture and planning; patterns, systems and networks ; The formalist turn in postmodernism and critical theory ; Digital culture, space and sociability ; Architecture as interface --  Experiments in form and performance : The education of innovative geometries ; Diagramming complexity ; The surface of architecture ; From animation to algorithmics ; Intricate or minimalist elegance? ; Digital age subjectivity, performance and meaning --  From tectonic to ornament: towards a different materiality : Contemporary technology as landscape ; The crisis of scale and tectonic ; from memory to oblivion ; reinventing ornament ; A different materiality ; Materials by design ; Design strategies and professional perspectives ; Will robotization take command? --  The city in the digital sprawl : Urban features in the digital age ; A city of individuals ; An augmented urban reality ; Events, simulations and scenarios ; Towards a splintered city? --  Conclusion : Material continuity and the design practice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783034602594 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009941379 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architectural design--Philosophy.<br/>Architecture and technology.<br/>Computer-aided design.<br/>Arquitectura--Diseños y planos.<br/>Diseño arquitectónico--Aspectos filosóficos.<br/>Realidad virtual en arquitectura.<br/>Arquitectura--Innovaciones tecnológicas.<br/>Diseño arquitectónico.<br/>Diseño con ayuda de computador.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA 2750  / P598d 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>724.7